The Utopian novel in America, 1886-1896, the politics of form
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1988. Paperback. xii, 211p., wraps, reprint of 1984 edition, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 42390
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1988. Paperback. xii, 211p., wraps, reprint of 1984 edition, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 42390
Rochester, NY: Steele & Avery, 1883. Hardcover. xi, 320p., first edition, inscribed & signed "Presented, To John W. Platt, with the affectionate regards of his father, W.H. Platt," cloth binding slightly edge worn, corners bumped else very good condition. Arguments against Ingersoll presented by a "Lawyer" More
Cat.No: 272511
Scranton, PA: Dr. D.B. Hand, [1886?]. handbill leaflet. Small, 4x5 inch card, color-litho illustration of children with chickens on one side, verso is text, featuring an endorsement from T.V. Powderly, leader of the Knights of Labor of Dr. Hand's cures. This chromo-lith a reasonably complex treatment with five to ten..... More
Cat.No: 190008
Boston: D Lothrop Company, 1884. Hardcover. Slim unpaginated hardcover printed on bright-white glazed cardstock; wood-engraved illustrations, all edges tinted a brave red, cased into turquoise-cloth-backed patterened paper over boards, titled and with device in silver gilt. Nice copy with these flaws: extremities slightly worn with card showing at two corner-tips;..... More
Cat.No: 183585
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1983. Hardcover. xxv, 376p., very good first edition stated in cloth boards and slightly worn unclipped dj. More
Cat.No: 13599
New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. Hardcover. xxii, 441p., tables, maps, dust jacket. 1st printing. Very good. Urban life in America. More
Cat.No: 2449
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1884. Paperback. 42p., 5.25x7.75 inches, original wraps with only traces of wear, head and tail of spine chipped, old price penned on front wrap else very good condition. Questions of the day, no. 15. More
Cat.No: 101389
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1882. Hardcover. 5 volumes, illustrations, boards. 10.5 x 7.5 in. Bound in full green leather, gilt decorative ruling and gilt lettered spine. All edges and end papers marbled. Some edgewear, very good. U.S. edition of the first five volumes of Reclus's profusely illustrated geographical..... More
Cat.No: 312190
Paris: E. Plon & Cie. 1883. 83p., hardcover, boards mildly soiled and edgeworn, endpapers toned, "Japon" written in ink on spine; text in French. This edition of the illustrated novel by Takizawa Bakin has black and white illustrations, rather than color. More
Cat.No: 222914
University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1994. Hardcover. xxiii, 190p., illustrated with contemporary political cartoons, dj. More
Cat.No: 41407
Chicago: Standard Publishing Co., 1890. Hardcover. 519p., paperstock is somewhat acidic and toned and not yet fragile, texts are illustrated with a number of vignette woodblocks; reprint of an 1885 first issue, hardbound cased into 9x6 inch grey cloth boards decorated in black and titled gilt. A generally good copy;..... More
Cat.No: 183589
N.pl. The Republican League of the Untied States, 1888. 4p. campaign brochure, 4.5x6 inches, lightly worn, 1/2 inch closed tear through all pages else good condition. No. 2. More
Cat.No: 57137
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1888. 88p., first edition, minor pencil marginalia, original cloth binding slightly soiled with minor edgewear. More
Cat.No: 62421
Bellefonte, PA: Pennsylvania Heritage, 1966. Hardcover. vii, 141p., small stain on front board, old price sticker on rear board else very good in cloth covered boards. No dust jacket. More
Cat.No: 10597
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1888. vii, 255p., hardcover, title page separated but still present. Inscribed by the author (as Amélie Troubetzkoy) to Edgar Sisson in 1916; signed on title page as Amélie Rives, with her newspaper obituary pasted on facing page. Sisson, a former magazine editor (most recently at Cosmopolitan), had joined..... More
Cat.No: 265079
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1886. Hardcover. vi, 347, vi p., first edition, original cloth binding, spine slightly sloped, small sticker and previous owner's name on title page. Utopian novel, author was interested in establishing a religion of science. "Satire on religion, mathematics is the religion." *Sargent p. 37... More
Cat.No: 129851
Kent, Ohio: The Kent State University Press, 1976. Hardcover. xiv, 239p., illus., shelfworn dust jacket. Pp. 181-213 includes a very useful annotated bibliography. More
Cat.No: 1661
Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, 1981. Hardcover. vi, 284p., illus., very good condition. No dust jacket. Revision of the author's 1977 thesis. Studies in Musicology. More
Cat.No: 300237
Aurora, Ill. Press of Bunnell and Ward, 1889. Hardcover. 480p., illus., edges of cover very badly worn, hinges reinforced with old cloth tape, internal soiling and staining, a crack developing in the textblock. More
Cat.No: 37983
Washington: Association of American Economists, 1884. Pamphlet. 11, [5]p., wraps slightly chipped on the edges, paper slightly browned, neatly ex library. Sanial, 1836-1927, was pioneer American Marxist and an early leader in the Socialist Labor Party, and later in 1903 joined the Socialist Party. More
Cat.No: 120676
Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company, 1888. Hardcover. 170p., neatly ex library (no external marks), original Kerr cloth binding. Collection of Unitarian sermons. The lead minister, Savage, gained notoriety for unqualified defense of evolution (see Allen Ruff's 'We called each other comrade,' Charles H. Kerr & Company, radical publishers). Kerr..... More
Cat.No: 115403
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1881. Hardcover. xv, 420p., hardcover in blue boards; corners rubbed, numeral in red grease pencil on front cover, spine ends worn, some spotting to spine. A generally sympathetic overview, with transcripts of testimony from various authorities. Published before the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act..... More
Cat.No: 234605
New York: American Bank Note Company, 1886. Pamphlet. 64p., worn wraps with an old tape repair on the front wrap and stamped "uncataloged," no other markings, minor internal handling wear, 4.5x5.5 inches. The tape repair is a glaring one; reading copy only. Lawyer, married to a Vanderbilt. More
Cat.No: 218908
University: The University of Alabama Press, 1977. Hardcover. viii, 214p., first printing, dj. Very good. Light toning to edges and folds of jacket. More
Cat.No: 85785
Boston: McDonald, Gill & Co., 1887. Pamphlet. 12p., wraps. 7.5 x 5 in. Very Good. The testimony of an innkeeper who, after accepting a job where alcohol is served, loses his faith, and finds redemption after hitting rock bottom. Not in WorldCat (January 2024). More
Cat.No: 316173